If you’ve seen the original David Mamet play or the movie version of “GlenGarry Glen Ross,” forget it and approach this revival with a fresh mind. Don’t compare the present cast to Al Pacino, Jonathan Pryce and Jack Lemmon or consider what makes it different from what you recall. Just revel in the talented cast that's been assembled at the Palace Theatre.

The show opens in a Chinese restaurant where pairs of characters are introduced and we learn about the new sales contest at the real estate office. The winner gets a Cadillac. However, the two losers will be fired. So the competition is cutthroat.

The first of the three scenes at the restaurant introduces Bob Odenkirk as Shelley Levene (“The Machine”) an older guy, in a ‘slump’ and alternately begging, negotiating and cursing his manager for good leads to sell. It’s a vicious cycle, since the top producers will get the best leads while those already struggling will get the B list. Odenkirk is terrific in turn , using every technique he can, needling, coercing, and bribing. He evokes our pity as he simultaneously ‘puts us off.’

Next, another salesman, Moss ( a blustery Bill Burr) sits with George ( (Michael McKean) and tries to bully him into breaking into the office to steal the ‘leads.” Then the two would sell them to a competitor and split the money. Burr is good as the tough guy.

Finally the top salesman appears. This must be the year of Kieran Culkin. In addition to his role as Roman Roy in HBO’S “Succession”, his Academy-Award winning performance as charming, albeit capricious, cousin in “A Real Pain,” he plays the slick, fast-talking Richard Roma. He’s self-effacing but also a skilled manipulator. The audience gets to watch him in action as he primes an unsuspecting client in the restaurant. Seemingly casually, he strikes up a conversation and what appears to be a friendship with a stranger, John. Culkin is terrific and almost impossible to resist, even as we realize that he’s selling the client. Ultimately John buys property, the sale that puts Roma securely on the top and poised to win him the car.

The two major sets are designed by the talented, hard-working Scott Pask. The second setting is the next day in the ransacked real estate office..

The language of the play is raw and rough and each man curses often. They berate the manager, even though he’s the boss. The play is slightly outdated, especially when Levene recalls the years that he was the top salesman. In addition, the men share stereotypes about certain ethnic groups, noting that Polish and Indian people aren’t good customers.

Nevertheless, this latest version, directed by Patrick Marber, is an exhilarating piece of theater. The strength is in the acting and the play’s brutal depiction of men struggling to close to make the sale. There’s no softness and little actual camaraderie, as they are forced to be competitors They could use a good HR department.